Mediation service provider ADR Group has launched a new pupillage scheme designed to give mediators hands-on experience as part of their standard training. Believed to be the first of its kind, the scheme includes case advocacy and supervised mediation as part of its training package. General manager Randoll Meadows said that under the pupillage scheme […]

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